Fairdale Pastor’s Blog:

No Servant is Greater than his Master

  • a few thoughts on “the hole in our holiness”

    I just finished reading Kevin Deyoung’s book The Hole in Our Holiness.  I found the book to be very good. I was blessed by it. The book is short and easy to read. It only has 146 pages, and it is 10 chapters long so someone can quite easily read a chapter a day. On…

  • FCA video

  • balancing sleep!

    I remember those Saturday mornings as a teenager. The ones that came after late Friday nights from a hard-fought high school basketball game that left me drained. The ones that came at the tail end of a tiring school week full of tests, papers and homework assignments. Those Saturday mornings when nothing sounded better then…

  • I wish everyone knew this verse

    Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” It seems today that “drama” and “issues” are so common. We live in a day where many people have problems with one another. I often recall Gandhi’s quote “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.…

  • two become one flesh

    One of my favorite things about studying the Bible is when one piece of Scripture is quoted in another place in the Bible. This means that one Biblical author knows, believes, interprets, and applies one Bible passage to another part of life. And therefore, we have one “idea” in God’s Word being used in multiple…

  • the reality of hell

    The past two Sunday mornings I have preached on “The Reality of Hell.” You can listen to part one here and you can listen to part two here. The passage for both sermons is Luke 16:19-31. It is Jesus’s story on the rich man and Lazarus. Here are a few highlights: The Great Desire of…

  • so thats what dads are supposed to do

    Being the father of three little boys brings much responsibility. Now that my wife is expecting our 4th child (this one’s a girl!), I have been thinking more and more about what I really should be doing. As a dad, there are so many doubts, desires, wants and worries for your children. On  a daily…

  • a few reflections on our church men’s retreat

    This past weekend our church had a Men’s Retreat.  The church website post is here with a few pictures. There were 22 different men who went on this overnight camping trip out on a 163-acre farm at Green River. The youngest guy who went was 14 years old and the oldest was 83 years old.…

  • Senior Retreat Video

    A few weeks ago I had the great opportunity to be the guest preacher at the Whitefield Academy (High School) Senior Retreat. The Retreat was for three days and was held at the Country Lake Christian Retreat Center in Indiana. I could not have been more impressed and encouraged by the caliber of students that…

  • “Don’t be a Fool!”

    Notice some of these great verses in God’s Word about the “fool:” Oh, that we would desire to walk in the wisdom of God! “the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.” –Proverbs 10:14 “whoever utters slander is a fool.” -Proverbs 10:18 “the way of a fool is right in his own eyes.” -Proverbs 12:15 “a…